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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 17.179
যদ্যপি ‘সনোড়িয়া’ হয় সেইত ব্রাহ্মণ ।
সনোড়িয়া-ঘরে সন্ন্যাসী না করে ভোজন ॥ ১৭৯ ॥
yadyapi ‘sanoḍiyā’ haya seita brāhmaṇa
sanoḍiyā-ghare sannyāsī nā kare bhojana
The brāhmaṇa belonged to the Sanoḍiyā brāhmaṇa community, and a sannyāsī does not accept food from such a brāhmaṇa.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Sanoḍiyā brāhmaṇas guided the Kālawāras and Sānwāḍas. Under the social rules described here, a sannyāsī was not allowed to accept food from them.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu nevertheless accepted lunch cooked by this brāhmaṇa because he belonged to Mādhavendra Purī’s community.
Mādhavendra Purī was the spiritual master of Īśvara Purī, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s spiritual master. Spiritual relationship is established without consideration of material inferiority or superiority.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Wonder and contagious joy. Even forest animals chant; nature seems drawn into the saṅkīrtana movement.
The mood of Madhya 17 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu next passed through Prayāga and Mathurā and then took His lunch at the home of a Sānoḍiyā brāhmaṇa, a disciple of Mādhavendra Purī. He bestowed His blessings upon the brāhmaṇa by accepting lunch at his place.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 17
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Audārya · Love that moves outward
The freely offered gift of bhakti and prema, especially through nāma-saṅkīrtana and Mahāprabhu’s compassionate dealings. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “without consideration”
Bhāva & rasa · The language of sacred feeling
Transcendental devotional moods and relationships, discussed explicitly in Rāmānanda’s dialogue and the teachings on prema. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “relationship”
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “cooked”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Do I let ideas of material superiority or inferiority obscure a person’s spiritual relationship?
Today, notice one judgment you make about social standing and reconsider it in light of this spiritual principle.
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